Wildlife friendly gardening award scheme launched
7 December 2009
The Trust have launched a new award scheme to find out how wildlife friendly Hampshire and the Isle of Wight's gardens are. If you have a wildlife friendly garden we want to hear from you.
Our gardens are extremely important for wildlife, not only can they provide food and shelter for a huge range of plants and animals, but they can form a natural "bridge" between built up and open areas which allow wildlife to move between them relatively easily. Gardens can also provide particular habitats that may be missing in your local area such as ponds and suitable hibernation or nesting sites.
There are lots of simple things you can do in your garden to make it wildlife friendly, and even small changes can make your garden more attractive for wildlife. Whether it is planting some nectar rich wildflowers, creating a compost heap, putting out some bird feeders or building a pond - you can make a real difference to local wildlife.
If you can demonstrate that your garden is a haven for wildlife, you will be awarded with a certificate, a weatherproof plaque that you can display in your wildlife friendly garden, and your garden may also feature on our Wildlife Gardening webpage. A wildlife friendly garden can come in all shapes and sizes, so you don't have to have a large garden to take part, it just needs to be good for wildlife!
If you would like some further information about the scheme and how to submit your entry, along with hints and tips of how to make your garden more wildlife friendly please visit our webpage.
